نامعلوم افراد نے ہندوؤں کے مقدس اوراق جلادیے
سندھ کے ضلع خیرپور میں نامعلوم افراد نے مندر کے اندر داخل ہوکر ہندوؤں کے مقدس اوراق کو آگ لگادی جس کے بعد علاقے…
Raza Rumi on Sindh festival
My analysis on the Sindh festival and the criticism on PPP. There might be a political angle to the recent Sindh Festival but calling…
تھر کے مندر تو آج بھی موروں کی خوراک کا انتظام کر رہے ہیں، مگر حکومت کہاں ہے؟
ننگر پارکر میں ایسے بہت سارے مندر موجود ہیں جہاں ان خوبصورت موروں کی باقاعدہ نگہداشت کی جاتی ہے. لیکن ان مندروں کی حکومت…
Militancy in Sindh: End of our plural culture?
The recent carnage in Shikarpur has come as a shock for many Pakistanis. Rural Sindh, invisible from the view of Punjab and Karachi obsessed…
Rannikot II
Salman Rashid muses on the ancient site of Rannikot in Sindh and prefers that it is”enigmatic, inscrutable, inviting” One thing is certain about Rannikot: it…
Revival of local government
Here is an Editorial for The Express Tribune On paper, the decision of the Sindh government to formally revive the local government system, based…
Love Stories of the Risalo of Shah Latif – Noori Jam-Tamachee
Contribution by Naveed Siraj The Risalo of Shah Latif is divided into chapters called Surs which are composed on the lines of musical notes.…
Collapsing Local Governance
Recent floods have exposed the capacity of the state to govern, especially at the local level. The disintegration of local state is not a…
Moenjodaro might have been washed away
I just read this message (pasted below) from the Director of the World Heritage Centre on impact of Pakistani floods on the Archaeological Ruins…
Imagined homeland
It irks me when I hear simplistic platitudes on Pakistani society, state or people. The heterogeneity of Pakistan is by itself an anthropologist’s dream,…
Lal Shahbaz Qalander of Sindh
Source here Shahbaz Qalandar was born in Marwand to a dervish, Syed Ibrahim Kabiruddin whose ancestors migrated from Iraq and settled down in Mashhad,…
Visit to Sindh, Udero Lal (the story of the Dalits in Pakistan)
Yoginder Sikand writing at DNA South-central Sindh isn’t quite a favourite holiday destination, but I spent a fortnight there while on a vacation in…
Indo-Pak Sindhi writers meet in New Delhi
By Prem Chand Sahajwala SINDHI IS one of the many Indic languages and it has gone through many phases of ups and downs in…
The secret of life, in brief – Sindhi poems
Selected verse of poems by Tanveer Abbasi, a Sindhi poet of great poet translated by Dr Farrukh Malik- Blowing wind has crossed the iron…
Saving Kahoo Jo Daro
Read this impassioned appeal in the press – it also alerted me to the situation that haunts this ancient relic. The city is built…
Visiting a Primary School in Sindh
I was in rural Sindh (in Pakistan) after many years. Met interesting people and many members of the ever expanding middle class. We also…
The Hala Potter
During my recent visit to Hala in Sindh, we stole a few moments of that sunny afternoon to spend time with a traditional potter.…